Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs

up his speech. He finished with an eloquent peroration, and h

om with his rifle levele

up!" he

the Army Boys followed their lead

den entrance of the A

sh on the intruders. But the wicked looking muzzles of the army rifles and the

up until all were ra

manded Frank. "The first o

d not the slightest doubt of his meaning, and they stood like so many statues, only their

the German leader, "go over these men and take whatever weapon

arch was rewarded by a considerable collection of knives and pistols. To these he adde

a toothpick," he reported to Frank, with a grin,

andy," rema

"back up to that wall and sit down on the flo

ough if looks could kill Frank would have been blasted b

mself to relax. He lowered hi

our rifles down, boys, but keep your eyes on them. If any one of th

them what are we going to

our hands it seems to me,"

y of us to-night, I g

at a time, while the others get a few winks. I think I'll question the fellow who

feet and come forward, which the latter

ope that the man wo

e his task would be c

aptive in German wh

ter replied with

ry and pick out enough German to make himself underst

men doing her

er responded. "Since when has it been a crime

you are under American laws, and they don't allow such meetings unless permission is received in advanc

at they ought to be broken," r

er in his eyes. "We taught your armies a lesson not long ago,

a sudden flare of rage. "They could have fought fo

ally, "and I had an idea that the Americans had something to do with the beatin

growled t

hat speech of yours and Coblenz was sprinkled through it rather thickly

eplied, a look of apprehen

art, cover this fellow with your rifle

f it, and Billy drew from one of the inside pockets of the man's coat the identi

all and sit down. Your case will be attende

told, and while Bart kept his eye on the group of priso

on the map were splashed with red. They included all the places occupied as headquarters by staffs of the various b

n, do you think?" asked Bi

at are to be blown up. It looks like a general uprising against American rule. I think that Army headquarters will find this little sheet of paper an intere

asked Tom, putting his fing

government building t

ok anoth

"that's where the alley is that we were so nearly

. "But what is there that t

ank. "See, there's a little red cross added here that you don't find in connection with the army and g

to whom this will be as clear as crystal after they've studied it a little. In the meantime we've g

ake them lie down flat and far enough apart so that they can't talk with each other. Then you and I wi

th the others. Frank, however, wanted to have them in good shape when morning came, and the plan was carried out. As a m

ak of dawn, the boy

yet?" Bart a

ellows to Coblenz. In the first place, it must be nearer, and then, too, we have the chance of meeting some of the detachment who

oners could give us the d

natives of this section, though that big red beard comes from Berlin. But do yo

're right,"

fast for these H

e some grub for them

they got any f

o go around. We'll have to give them some of our rations, I suppose, thou

e any," said Frank, "though I know mighty well the

, "I've been a prisoner in their hand

nk lined up the prisoners and directed them to go ahead in the general direction he pointed out, warning

ages, for while it piled the snow deep in places it swept other spots almost clean and they made fairly rapid progress. T

an hour through the bleak forest, w

d a little to the right. "They're moving and they're coming th

long, and as he look

to share his com

ain, Bart

asked

niforms. They're probably a lot of disbanded soldiers on thei